Amazon s3 how do i use it as a cdn service
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Hi i have signed up to s3 amazon and have uploaded my images to my bucket but the trouble i am having is, how do i have the images on my site. i have tried to use the url that it is showing but all that is doing is https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/in2town/audreyrobertslarge.jpg not bringing up the image on my site and when i have done it through the internet search box it does not bring up an image.
I have been told this is a great cdn service and a cost effective one but i really need to learn how to use it.
has anyone used this service and if so can you please let me know what i need to do
I have now managed to get a bit futher with the help of stuart Bell but the images are still not showing on my site. any help would be great.
many regards
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I am reading this and tried it but i must be missing something
If your object is in a folder within your bucket, then the folder must also be included in the URL. For example, if image.jpg was located in your bucket's Images folder, then the URL would be: http://d604721fxaaqy9.cloudfront.net/images/image.jpg.
i have my domain name d22wnjaygrh83y.cloudfront.net
and then my image is jenniferanistonlarge.jpg
so i put it together like it says which is d22wnjaygrh83y.cloudfront.net/jenniferanistonlarge.jpg but nothing comes up
if i double click on an image that i was looking at only a few minutes ago in my bucket, i get this
<error>
AccessDenied
<message>Access Denied</message><requestid>311AC6250EC638CC</requestid><hostid>J0dwp7GCiRcxFd1nrQg6fXnCQxt8/6PgrlGEgXpeBaBFXDm7I8f3bYwd6D0Ciifu</hostid></error>not sure why because i have loaded the image to my bucket and i doubled clicked it a few minutes ago and it shown it but now brings the above message up.
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Yep they need to implement the 1click system to the technical offerings not just books
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just been reading the info, it is a great help. i have to say that amazon in my opinion need to make things a bit more clearer.
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thanks for this, so i have signed up to s3 and fulled the bucket with pictures so i now have to join the cloudfront?
i will read the info, any help would be great and thanks for the heads up
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Hi Diane
S3 is the storage, Cloudfront is the CDN service. Here is a link to the Cloudfront guide.
Thanks
Stuart
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